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What I don't understand here

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Doublej

In Reply to: RE: I have the perfect popular-culture reference to sum up MoFi-Gate! posted by John Marks on August 12, 2022 at 12:04:30

Based on the way Michael Fremer is representing himself, he appears to have never asked Mobile Fidelity to explain to him their end to end process for making their records. This has been going on for more than a decade and this discovery seems to have caught Michael by surprise.

Am I missing something here?

Follow Ups:

RE: What I don't understand here - Tre' 06:47:01 09/19/22 (1)
He did ask early on and was told that the records were all analog. He didn't believe them but didn't want to make enemies so he let it go. Later Mo-Fi promised to come clean on their own so he let it go but they didn't come clean on their own. The rest is history.

The bottom line, MF could hear the problem from early on. He said something in an early review but didn't want to just keep harping on it and make enemies.

Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
- RE: What I don't understand here - Doug Schneider 12:29:14 09/24/22 (0)
  Actually, nothing indicates that ANYONE heard anything that led them to believe that a digital step was involved.
  
  A lot of the so-called "analog experts" in hi-fi reviewing haven't stepped far out of their own basements. Anyone who knows a thing or two about the record industry today knows that the claim of actually using master tapes is suspect -- companies DON'T let them out!
  
  Furthermore, digital has been in professional recording for well over 40 years -- and people have no idea where it was and wasn't used. It's been another tool.
  
  But back to the Mobile Fidelity thing -- NO ONE CALLED OUT DIGITAL in 10+ years. NO ONE. The only reason it was found out now is that someone said something to someone. I made a video about it, linked below.
  
  BTW, not all new releases of old recordings sound better -- it's entirely possible to make a release and have it sound worse. That doesn't mean digital was involved. People are trying to take those criticisms and now say it was digital all this time -- but that's rewriting history. Because they praised albums that were digital as well. Which is it? A bunch of nonsense from people who just couldn't tell.
  
  Doug Schneider
  SoundStage!
  - Mobile Fidelity Digital LP Scandal Busts Two Audiophile Myth (Open in New Window)

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